Severe obesity was strongly associated with a greater risk of post-infection cardiovascular disorders. Compared with youth of a healthy weight, those with severe obesity had more than double the risk ...

People living with obesity face a significantly higher risk of severe outcomes from infectious diseases, including COVID-19, ...

Obesity contributes to more than 10% of infection-related deaths and up to 11% could be prevented by addressing obesity, ...

A major Lancet study finds adults with obesity are far more likely to be hospitalised or die from infections, linking nearly ...

Last year, The Lancet helped catalyse this overdue change by recommending that BMI alone should not be used to measure obesity, a suggestion that was promptly taken up by 75 international medical ...

Just over one in 10 deaths from a wide range of infectious diseases can be attributed to obesity worldwide, finds a major new ...

Researchers from the UK and Finland said that people with obesity were seen to have a higher risk of being hospitalised or ...

About one in 10 infection-related deaths worldwide may be attributable to adult obesity ...

New research shows obesity increases the risk of severe infections, hospital stays, and death across the world.

“ (The) study of over 540,000 people suggests people with obesity are 70 per cent more likely to be hospitalised or die from an infectious disease; people with the most severe obesity face three times ...

Adults with obesity are 70% more likely to get severe infections that lead to hospitalization or death, with the most severe ...

Just over one in 10 deaths from a wide range of infectious diseases can be attributed to obesity worldwide, finds a major new ...